Forty-three years ago I was having labor pains this evening.  Sigrid was on the way!  She was born on the 22nd.

Saturday Robert and I drove up to a party at the house of Jerry Horowitz and his partner Thierry Cook.  Their house  sits on a hill surrounded by 11 acres of redwood trees.  Always an interesting bunch of people--artists, astrologers, landscapers, psychiatrists.

Sunday I potted succulents.  I find it so relaxing--especially when I pot on a table, and don't do it bending over!  I bought a pretty little while elephant with a succulent bouquet on his back.

The plant characteristics and names sound like theatre or poetry:

Crassula "Moonglow"

Hybrid between Crassula deceptor and Crassula falcata.  Forms an ornate "pagoda" with gray triangular leaves covered in "fuzz." Clusters of tiny apricot flowers.

Pachyphytum bracteosum

Bluish-gray leaves shaped somewhat like facedted "jellybeans." Native to Mexico.  Reddish flowers.

Blue Seaweed--Senecio citriformis

Small South African shrubby plant with blue-green, very succulent, tear-shaped leaves. Member of Compositae (Aster Family.)